Sunday, February 8, 2015

Physical life inventory



Working in the physical life of the character is essential for any kind of actors, and a good way to do it through the physical life inventory. 

The physical life inventory is a good recourse to try different movements and way of moving. It is a great tool to explore the wide range of possibilities that our body can develop and not just to   


Each person move in a very specific way, and the way this person move will determine what kind of person is. Each action contain an emotion life and depending the actions that our character does we will be feeling something different. Perhaps our character has the shoulder forwards and down, and he looks most of the time to floor. If we adapt our body to this posture suddenly our mood, way of look and even our voice is going to change. For that reason this particular inventory is a powerful tool to approach the person that we are trying to be. The more specific we are taking notes and details in our inventory the better and easy that will be to create and develop or character.
The inventory of psychical life really helps me to develop my character because it makes me think a lot about the person that I was studying. All of those questions help as a guide in the process of creating the character. Before to answer one of the questions of the physical inventory I tried to imagine that I was that person and think about how this person will move and why she will move in that way. 





 

1 comment:

  1. Thinking about how your own physicality is similar to and different from your character should be a starting point for most actors.

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